Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Saturday, February 4, 1911
Fight Between Animals Witnessed By many New Iberis “Sports.”
New Orleans. Feb. 4.-Almost the entire population of new Iberia, assembled to witness an advertised battle between a gorilla and an English Bulldog. The gorilla won in a little over 2 minutes, and much betting was indulged in on the outcome of the fight.
A pen twelves feet square and eight feet high, was built for the combat with seats on all sides. The dog weighing sixty-eight pounds, was put into the pen with the gorilla just about 12 o’clock. At 12:02 he was dead. The dog sprang at the gorilla which caught it as a man catches a baseball and quickly bit through its skull.
Published in the Waukegan Daily Sun, Waukegan, Illinois on Monday, February 7, 1910
Reptile is so badly gashed it may die of injuries.
San Francisco, Feb. 7.-A desperate battle was fought in the Golden Gate park aviary between a large golden eagle and a four-foot alligator. The fight was waged in the air, on land and in the water and the alligator was so badly gashed that it may die.
The young alligator had crawled out of a small lake to bask in the sun when the eagle swooped down on it. A keeper rescued the alligator.
Published in the Illinois Daily Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Wednesday, May 11, 1853
Eleven fine fat seals and an ice monkey from the arctic regions, have recently arrived at Boston, on their way to the world’s fair. The monkey is one of those rare species which live on the ice, sport with walruses and seals, and live on fish.
Published in the Illinois Daily Journal, Springfield, Illinois on Tuesday, May 10, 1853
A bull fight was lately advertised at Placerville, California, but the Americans, not liking the Spanish amusements, lassoed the bull, whipped the matadores, and tore down the building.
Thursday, November 24, 2016
Published in the The New York Gazette, New York, New York on Thursday, August 6, 1733
Boston, We are informed by a person lately come from Mack Point, in the Eastern parts of the Province, that about a fortnight ago, a very strange Creature was found on the shore there, which the tide had left, about twice as large as an Ox, its head and fore parts resembled a Lion, with prodigious large flat feet, and teeth eighteen inches long, white as Ivory, and as thick as a man’s wrist. He was very slow and helpless, and had no other way to attempt an escape from his enemies, but by sucking his teeth in the ground, and dragging his hinder parts after him. The people assaulted him with Axes and other instruments, which made no impression on him, till by chance they found a place suspectible of their weapons, wherewith he was left destroyed. Tis further added, that upon cutting off a piece of his flesh, it was found so exceeding tough, that it could not be torn asunder by a yoke of Oxen.
Thursday, November 24, 2016
Published in the The New York Gazette, New York, New York on Wednesday, March 10, 1728
Several Gentlemen lately arrived from Holland report, that the inhabitants of that country are very much afraid of a hard winter, by reason of the extraordinary flocking together of Ravenous Land-Fowls towards the sea-coast, an infallible sign, which has very much raised the price of all sorts of provisions there, especially Tobacco, Brandy and Coal.
Thursday, November 24, 2016
Published in the New York Gazette, New York, New York on Thursday, February 24, 1735
On Monday last a woman in Dedman’s Place, Southwark London, England leaving a nurse child (a boy about two years old) in a cradle with a puppy to play with it, upon her return found the dog had gnaw’d off the private parts in such a manner, that its life is dispaired of.
Thursday, November 24, 2016
Published in the The New York Gazette, New York, New York on Thursday, May 19, 1735
Boston, May 5, 1735. Last week at Captain Welle’s Farm a large Gelding of his grazing near to a Well of 22 Foot deep by the side of a fence, fell over backwards and dropped to the bottom. One of his servants soon after coming up to the farm came to the relief of a hog intangled therein with his yoke, heard a groaning noise in the Well. Looking down in the well he perceived the head of the horse a small matter above water; the Servant in a great surprize and with dispatch collected a number of hands in the neighborhood, and with a rope fallen to the horse, the first pull he sprang up about 8 foot. After he was hauled out the horse got upon his legs and ran away frighted. It’s almost incredible that the Well was stoned round, the horse receiv’d no Damage saving the skin being rubbed off of him in a few places.
Thursday, November 24, 2016
Published in the The New York Gazette, New York, New York on Thursday, June 2, 1735
March 8, 1735. We hear from Steining in Sussex, England, that one Legget, a Butcher of that town, killed an Ox the 24th last and found the fat about the Kidneys to weigh 226 pounds, and the lean of it but 2 pounds.
Thursday, November 24, 2016
Published in the The New York Gazette, New York, New York on Wednesday, January 11, 1736
His majesty, the King of England, at his late Hunting-Match at Gisshorn, killed 17 Wild Boars.